SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal appeals court has struck down California’s concealed weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that California is wrong to require applicants to show good cause to receive a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The […]
Newscom The Index of Belonging and Rejection released this week from the Family Research Council (FRC) reveals a dismaying statistic about the state of American families: 55 percent of 15-to-17-year-olds in America do not live in intact families. Further, more than 40 percent of all children are born out of wedlock, and one in three […]
Since the Edward Snowden leaks to The Guardian began last year, the National Security Agency (NSA) has been a political hot potato. Yet, whatever you think of the NSA, it is clearly a federal agency authorized by federal statute. Some lawmakers in the state of Maryland—home to the NSA’s headquarters in Ft. Meade—have recently proposed […]
Pete Souza In the movie “The Naked Gun,” crack detective Frank Drebin comes across a firework factory that’s on fire and is collapsing in on itself. “Nothing to see here,” he calmly tells on-lookers as employees flee the explosions. “Please disburse.” It’s a sentiment echoed by Sarah Kliff of The Washington Post. Kliff takes pains […]
(WSJ) You might think the question would be settled by now, but the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to opine on whether the Second Amendment right to “bear” arms for self-defense extends outside the home. We may soon get an answer. Lyle Denniston, writing for the Constitution Daily, reports about two gun rights cases that […]
In Vancouver, Canada, cigarette machines are banned, but crack pipe vending machines are okay. Portland Hotel Society’s Drug Users Resource Centre (DURC) is the nonprofit group backing these vending machines in Vancouver and its director Kailin See said, “For us, this was about increasing access to safer inhalation supplies in the Downtown Eastside.” The Downtown Eastside […]
Newscom Another day, another administratively enacted Obamacare delay. But today’s employer mandate delay, as outlined in the final rules, has interesting terms and conditions to qualify. Originally, as the law states, the employer mandate was supposed to take effect January 1, 2014 and would force all employers with more than 50 full-time employees—defined as those […]
(CNSNews.com) – King Street Patriots founder Catherine Engelbrecht, one of many conservatives who claim they were unfairly targeted by the IRS when applying for tax-exempt status, told Congress Thursday that she is “more determined ever than before to stand before you and to all of America and say that I will not retreat.” “Know this,” she […]
Sagi Kaisler, whose house in the village of Kida was bulldozed by the Civil Administration, has spoken out in an interview with Arutz Sheva. Kaisler, who heads the grassroots Shomron (Samaria) Residents’ Committee, told of the massive personal loss to him and his wife Morag as a result of the demolition – which activists say […]
Outspoken, liberal talk show host Rosie O’Donnell returned to the set of The View last week and gave updates on her children. She announced that her oldest son, Parker, had joined the Citadel and was “the number one Cadet” at his school. “…How do you annoy your left-wing liberal pacifist mother? You become a big […]
